But he was focused not on the victim but on the accused. This was the first he’d heard of the Cane family being anything but exemplary citizens. Just what had happened to turn them from founders to pariahs?
“Demetri is innocent,” Noah suddenly said.
Cassie spun around, newly surfaced blotched reddening her cheeks. “Did you really come here for treatment, or to stir up trouble?”
“I was only just inquiring…I mean, what motive could Demetri have had?”
“Mr. Sanders, I suggest you forget about all this. Cane’s Inlet doesn’t like strangers getting involved in local issues.”
“Murder is hardly just an issue. It’s serious and it changes lives, ends them, just as lies do. Truth is the only answer. Demetri knows nothing of that woman’s death. Donna Eldreth, she must have stumbled upon something—
